The Weekly Florists' Review, 



99 



Young Plant of Jackman Clematis.upon Wire Trellis. 



earth or straw." For Iowa, Professor 

 Craig writes that "it succeeds with win- 

 ter protection." "The Jackman class 

 are not so hardy as the others in Mis- 

 souri" (Whitten). The suggestion from 

 the above and other notes is that a 

 hardy, large flowered clematis is need- 

 ed for the more severe portions of our 

 country. 



The Clematis Paniculata likewise is 

 not safe in many localities. Professor 

 Taft, of Michigan, writes that "it is a 

 favorite, but last winter all our plants 

 dfed." Professor Craig reports it "not 

 hardy in Iowa," and Professor Rane 

 that "it dies back but makes a fine 

 growth yearly" in New Hampshire. The 

 paniculata needs some infusion of a 

 hardy blood, as for example, that of C. 

 ligusticifolia, for the region centering 

 around Colorado, and of C. Virginiana 



for northern New England and the 

 states bordering upon the great lakes. 

 In a genus where crossing has doiie so 

 much to improve these charming piazza 

 vines, it seems probable that by similar 

 methods the range of hardiness can be 

 extended by the wide-awake and 

 thoughtful hybridizer. 



The Honeysuckles. 

 There are many species of the honey- 

 suckles, all members of the genus Loni- 

 cera, grouped in a small family contain- 

 ing shrubs like the elderberry, snowball 

 and snowberrv, and herbs as horse-gen- 

 tian and the 'delicate twin-flower (Lin- 

 na^a bnrcalis L.), a trailing "plant, and 

 the only one in all the world bearing 

 at the front of its botanical name that 

 of Linna;us, the "Father of Botany." 

 Several of the honeysuckles are orna- 

 mental shrubs, but only the climbing 



1 inds ire to be considered here. There 

 lie a fi.w native species and these may 

 be met with in the thickets, clambering 

 ovei bu-ihes and trees, conspicuous for 

 their 1 irj,e light leaves, in pairs, and 

 the teiminal clusters of long tubular 

 floweis Ihe trumpet-honeysuckle (Lo- 

 niceia scmpervirens L.) is the chief one 

 of this type in this connection. It is a 

 strong glower with handsome foliage 

 (e\er^rten in the south) and scarlet 

 flow CIS two inches long produced 

 Uiioujjh the summer. The Lonicera 

 IK\a Sims is a wild species of the 



>uthern states of the same type as the 

 I isl with large bright yellow flowers, 



111 1 IS good for twining about veranda 



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The leading ornamental climber of the 

 ginus IS Hall's Japanese honeysuckle 

 (Loniceia Japonica Halleana), which is 

 c\crgieen to a considerable degree, 

 ^leatly increasing its value. This is a 

 hiidy vine in New Jersey, easily grown 

 uudei almost all conditions, propagat- 

 ing itself by rooting at the joints when 

 the stems are upon the ground, and 

 with protection of straw, such pros- 

 tiate blanches hold their green leaves 

 ill winter This vine is easily trained 

 upon wire netting or single wires and 

 liears an abundance of showy and very 

 tiagiant blossoms from June, when they 

 are mo t profuse, to near the close of 

 the gi owing season. The late holding 

 of the foliage makes the Japanese hon- 

 eysucl le a special favorite for the late 

 autumn when all other vines have lost 

 their leaves, except the English ivy, if 

 pel chance this latter is able to grow at 



The Woodbine (Lonicera Periclyme- 

 nura L.) is a showy European species of 

 merit with us. 



There are golden-leaved honeysuckles, 

 as the variety aurea reticulata, with 

 yellow flowers and the foliage netted or 

 variegated with yellow and a mixture of 

 red. An occasional vine of these golden 

 varieties may be tastefully disposed 

 among the green-leaved sorts upon a 

 \eixudx with pleasing etiect. 



Among my notes from correspond- 

 ents upon the honeysuckles, it is gath- 

 eied that as a whole these plants are 

 geneially used. While for Maine, Pro- 

 tessor Munson writes, "The climbing 

 honeysuckles are very seldom met with 

 m this state;" and Professor Waugh, 

 foi Veimont, "not used at all;" Profes- 

 hoi Eaile states that in Alabama Loni- 

 ceia Japonica "has escaped every^vhere 

 md lb almost a troublesome weed." The 

 wiitei lecaJls that the honeysuckles are 

 \eiy much used in the cities of Tacoma 

 and Seattle, and Professor Shinn writes 

 that for California "the climbing honey- 

 suckles are much used." For Wyoming, 

 according to Professor Buffum, "no 

 climbing loniceras are in the state," 

 while for Florida Professor Rolfs writes 

 that "many species are grown and L. 

 sempervirens is used extensively about 

 the country homes — that is, on ths 

 plantations." "But few climbing honey- 

 suckles do well in Minnesota and none 

 hold their foliage in the winter" is the re- 

 port from Professor Green. "They are 

 used to a limited extent in Colorado, 

 where it is necessarv to take them down 

 and cover them for the winter," as stat- 

 ed by Professor Crandall. Even in 

 Michigan they are often injured (Taft), 

 and for Iowa, "the Lonicera Halleana 

 "is not hardy" (Craig). The green foli- 

 age is held during some winters in 

 Texas (Price) and also in North Caro- 

 lina (Curran). 



